Radiohead's CD2: Breaking Down the Exclusive Companion to "In Rainbows"

"MK1"
As predicted by many of the forecasters (and confirmed by that one guy who received his discbox a week early) "MK1," like its brother "MK2," is a quick instrumental track that emerges out of the same piano chords Thom Yorke hammers on "Videotape," the closer from In Rainbows, but the key strokes are distorted with looping and topped by Yorke's windblown vocals. Does this mean listeners should consider this eight-track bonus disc as an extension or sequel to IR? Well, yes and no, as you'll see. "MK1" bounces around the headphones and the piano grows more discordant before finally launching into "Down Is the New Up."

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